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StorageSiteUCL Institute of Education
LevelFile
Reference Number UWT/D/13/5
Title'Cinemas (iv)
Date1926 - 1950
DescriptionCorrespondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), the Order of the Child, National Educational Film Association, the Council for Visual Education, London Schools Film Society, Ministry of Information, the Public Morality Council, Children's Cinema Council, NUWT members, Empire Film Productions, the Royal Geographical Society and Erith Education Committee regarding:
Cover letter sent with copies of the report by Erith Education Committee on effect of war films
NUWT enquiry regarding where to find a publication 'The Cinema in Education'
Typed extract from Hansard of question asked in the House of Commons enquiring on the number of schools which have film apparatus
NUWT representation at various meetings and conferences related to the use of films in education
Notice of events and exhibitions relating to the use of films for education in schools
Discussion of the need for, and passing of, classification of films suitable for children
Information on various film services in schools
Requests from other organisations for any information or studies which the NUWT have on classification schemes for films for children
Information from NUWT members of the situation in their area with regards to admission of children' to 'A' films
Expression of sympathy with Headquarters for the bomb damage sustained to the building, 1944
Arrangements and details for the meeting of the National Educational Film Association
Minutes of the first meeting of the National Film Educational Film Association (NUWT representatives attended this meeting)
Minutes of meeting of the Council for Visual Education
Information on children's cinema clubs

Reports and publications including:
'The Effect of War Films on Child Opinion - Report of an Investigation, Erith, 1935'
'Report on German Educational Films', British Film Institute, 1946
Catalogues advertising film projection equipment and educational films for sale or rent
'Documentary and Educational Films - a Memorandum on Planning for Production and Use in Post-War Britain', 1944
British Board of Film Censors Annual Reports, from 1921; 1923; 1929; 1932
Report by Sidney Bernstein on 'Films for Children'
'Children and 'A' Films', statement from the Home Office, 1933
'Those Saturday Morning Cinema Clubs' - report by the National Under Fourteens Council, 1947
'Films and Youth Organisations', British Film Institute, 1944
'Entertainment Films for Children', 1950
Annual Report of the Advisory Council on Children's Entertainment Films, 1946

Press cuttings and typed extracts regarding:
Film for educational use in schools
Letter to the Editor of a local newspaper discussing of whether educational films should be confined to the classroom or also used in cinemas
Response in 'To-Day's Cinema' to the NUWT calls for a third classification category for children's films
Admission of children to 'A' films
Cinema clubs for children
Extent1 folder
AccessStatusOpen

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